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September 03, 2016 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 25 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 1 |
![]() | 21 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
UPST | Team Stats | ETSU |
---|---|---|
.163 | Hitting Pct. | .285 |
44 | Kills | 65 |
20 | Errors | 20 |
147 | Total Attacks | 158 |
41 | Assists | 63 |
5 | Aces | 4 |
64 | Digs | 71 |
7.0 | Blocks | 10.0 |
UPST | Leaders | ETSU |
---|---|---|
YEARGIN
- 14 | Kills | Briana Allmon
- 18 |
HAAKE
- 29 | Assists | Kristen Favre
- 58 |
YEARGIN
- 2 LAGALY - 2 | Aces | Kristen Favre
- 1 Briana Allmon - 1 Madison Mudd - 1 Renzey Rice - 1 |
HAAKE
- 16 | Digs | Hailey Aguilar
- 18 |
KOELLING
- 4 | Blocks | Kaela Massey
- 7 |
September 03, 2016 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final |
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![]() | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
![]() | 21 | 17 | 19 | 0 |
ETSU | Team Stats | LIBERTY |
---|---|---|
.228 | Hitting Pct. | .119 |
44 | Kills | 33 |
18 | Errors | 19 |
114 | Total Attacks | 118 |
43 | Assists | 32 |
4 | Aces | 0 |
60 | Digs | 41 |
8.0 | Blocks | 10.0 |
ETSU | Leaders | LIBERTY |
---|---|---|
Rylee Milhorn
- 15 | Kills | CLAYTON
- 12 |
Alyssa Kvarta
- 38 | Assists | WILLEY
- 26 |
Kaela Massey
- 1 Alyssa Kvarta - 1 Hailey Aguilar - 1 Renzey Rice - 1 | Aces | |
Hailey Aguilar
- 18 | Digs | MELENDEZ
- 11 |
Kaela Massey
- 5 | Blocks | GRAGG
- 7 |
LYNCHBURG, Va. (Sept. 3, 2016) – The ETSU volleyball team continued its stellar play Saturday as it picked up two more victories over USC Upstate (3-1) and Liberty (3-0) to wrap up the Liberty Invitational. With the pair of wins, the Bucs have not only won back-to-back tournament championships but they have also tied a program record for the best six-match start to any season in program history (6-0).
USC Upstate Recap: ETSU had to deal with some adversity in its first match of the day as USC Upstate won the first set, 25-21. Following the first set, however, the Bucs tightened things up defensively and held the Spartans to a hitting percentage of .099 over the final three sets on their way to a 3-1 win. ETSU outscored the Spartans by a total 19 points over the final three frames.
AJ Lux (Shelbyville, Ind.) continued her hot-hitting with 16 kills on 34 attempts, while Briana Allmon (Flower Mound, Texas) and Rylee Milhorn (Kingsport, Tenn.) had double-doubles. Setting up all three was Kristen Favre (Plano, Texas) who dished out a career-high 58 assists. Defensively, the Bucs had four players reach double figure dig totals, including a team-high 18 from Hailey Aguilar (Oswego, Ill.). Freshman Kaela Massey (Brentwood, Tenn.) was ETSU’s top blocker with seven block assists.
Liberty Recap: In their second match of the day, the Bucs’ improved steadily as the match wore on. In the first set, ETSU hit .154 as a team and that moved up to .200 in the second, which eventually bumped to a match-best .343 in the third set. The offensive improvement helped ETSU pick up its first true road victory of the season over Liberty by set scores of 25-21, 25-17, 25-19.
Individually, the Bucs were led by their setter Alyssa Kvarta (Crown Point, Ind.) and Milhorn. Kvarta tallied a double-double with 38 assists and 10 digs. Milhorn closed out the tournament with 15 kills and a .368 hitting percentage on 30 attack attempts.
News and Notes:
Just like last weekend, the Bucs had three players named to the All-Tournament team. Briana Allmon was named the Liberty Invitational’s MVP. Allmon was joined on the team by AJ Lux and Hailey Aguilar.
Coach’s Take:
“The best thing about today was the team’s relentless defense,” said ETSU Head Coach Lindsey Devine. “Everyone fought so hard and made in-game adjustments to keep the opponent off balance. The carryover from practice was implemented into our game plan, which is a testament to their commitment in trusting the process.”
Up Next: ETSU will return to action next weekend as it will compete in the Clemson Classic for the second consecutive season. The Bucs will take on Clemson (1:30 p.m.) and North Dakota (4:30 p.m.) on Friday before closing out the tournament with a 7 p.m. match against Tulane Saturday.
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